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Blockchain financial instruments, experience of creation of the first decentralized autonomous organizations and rates of digital currencies, all these and other topics were discussed at the our previous crypto conference in Moscow. The April and November Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference has demonstrated that there is a demand for blockchain technology and exchange of experience in this sphere in Russia.

The blockchain is not only for IT pros. It is also for businesspersons and end users. The blockchain application is not limited to crypto payments; smart contracts, auctions, tools for management of state property, law and logistics are build on its basis. Moreover, this list is not complete!

This year, we were split up into two halls: for financiers and entrepreneurs.

The stream for financiers discussed the implementation of blockchain in banking, preparation of the bill on cryptocurrency regulation and creation of the Russian blockchain consortium.

The stream for entrepreneurs discussed blockchain in telecommunications, insurance, notary, the Internet of things and asset management.

Who spoke?

- Developers of financial and technical services

- Financiers

- Entrepreneurs

- Lawyers

- Investors

- Experts who have something to say about the blockchain development

Who listened? Anyone who is interested in Blockchain and Bitcoin:development, future and prospects in the Russian Federation.

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Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics at Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs; Head of the interdepartmental working group on cryptocurrency turnover risk assessment at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Fed

Head of Futurefintech.org, Blockchain.community member board, Аuthor of the book "Bitcoin. More than money"

Theme: «Blockchain technologies: development prospects and practical recomendations for Russia»

Tone Vays

Researcher at LibertyLifeTrail.com

Tone has been working on Wall Street for almost 10 years starting as a Risk Analyst at Bear Stearns and later becoming a VP at JP Morgan Chase in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. His expertise is in Economic Trends, Trading and Risk Analysis. Ever since getting involved in the Crypto Currency ecosystem in early 2013, he has been very active in spreading the relevance and importance of this technology as it helps promote economic freedom. He was formerly Head of Research at BraveNewCoin after previously writing about trading and economics at CoinTelegraph. Tone maintains a personal website LibertyLifeTrail where you can find his latest research on Bitcoin, Blockchain, sound economics and privacy. Tone holds a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from Florida State University along with Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Geology.

Theme: «Prospects for improvement of legislation in the sphere of cryptocurrency turnover»

Elina Sidorenko

Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics at Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs; Head of the interdepartmental working group on cryptocurrency turnover risk assessment at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Fed

Graduated from Ural State Technical University (now the Ural Federal University), the Faculty of Information and Mathematical Technologies and economic modeling, with a specialization in Applied Information Science in Economics. He also completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Systems analysis and decision-making at the same University with a specialization in Mathematical modeling, numerical methods and program complexes.

Stanislav is a head of Emer’s implementation division. By profession, Stanislav is a molecular geneticist that initially worked in the sphere of computational methods of molecular biology. His experience of working for commercial IT projects accounts for almost 20 years starting from the contribution to the creation and development of “The Bat!" email client, which gained international recognition.

Pavel Novikov joined the Skolkovo Foundation in 2015 as the Senior Project Manager of Cloud foresight. His core competences are project commercialization and international business expansion.

Pavel graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Bryansk State University. Also he has certificates with honors from HSE in corporate finance and Yale University in financial markets.

In 2013-2014 Pavel Novikov worked at Softline International as a Cloud & Mobility Business Development Director, and he started a Cloud & Mobility business in LATAM, leading teams from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Brazil.

From 2006 to 2013 Pavel led virtualization and cloud business at Softline Russia, with annual revenues of up to $50 million. He worked closely with leading global software giants including Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Parallels, Dell, Netapp, EMC, Veeam.

In 2010 Pavel Novikov signed an exclusive contract with VMware and Citrix, which allowed to Softline built a new partner channel with Cloud providers in Russia and CIS from ground zero.

Stepan Gershuni got an MBA degree at Hult International Business School in San Francisco.

2015 – engaged in the development of BlockNotary project.
Since 2016 – has been working for BitFury, a global full-cycle blockchain company.
Since 2017 – has been involved in the creation of a hedge fund aimed at cryptocurrency and digital assets.

Speaker will answer the following questions:

- How to single out cool projects?
- Which models are used to create truly successful tokens and ICOs?
- What characteristic features do quality ICOs have?
- Comparison between web 2.0 and web 3.0 models. Where tokens are really needed?
- Methods of estimating the capitalization and risks of ICO projects and cryptocurrencies. How those methods differ from standard venture models.
- Analysis of successful examples.